Grits Sentence Examples

Where a thick group of coarse hard grits intercalated in the sedimentary rocks crops out it rises into a chain of lofty rugged hills, of which Ben Ledi and Ben Vorlich are examples.

Muds, sands, grits and conglomerates are the predominant types.

The rest of 'em are all still down there, eating grits and keeping away from the law.

Old Red Sandstone, red grits, sandstones and marls and conglomerate occur in a narrow belt on the east side of Mainland from Sumburgh Head to Rova Head, north of Lerwick; they also form the island of Bressay.

A deeper reason was his inability to approve of the advanced views of the Radicals, or "Clear Grits," as they came to be called.

Conybeare in 1821 to the coal-bearing strata of England and Wales, including the related grits and limestones immediately beneath them.

This comprised dark shales, with grits and thin limestones and thin, impure coals, locally called " culm " (q.v.).

He at once allied himself with the Radicals (the "Clear Grits"), and, on the leadership of that party being assumed by Brown, became one of his lieutenants.

Although the rocks throughout the Southern Uplands have a persistent northeasterly and south-westerly strike, and though this trend is apparent in the bands of more rugged hills that mark the outcrop of hard grits and greywackes, nevertheless geological structure has been much less effective in determining the lines of ridge and valley than in the Highlands.

The lowest beds consist of red grits which contain Neocomian fossils, while the middle and upper Cretaceous consist chiefly of limestone and chalk.

The oldest rocks, consisting of slate, mica-schists and grits, which have been correlated with the metamorphic series of the eastern Highlands, form an incomplete ring round the granite in the north of the island and occupy the whole of the west coast from Loch Ranza south to Dougrie.

Murchison published his Silurian system in 1839, wherein he recognized the Cambrian to include the barren slates and grits of Harlech, Llanberis and the Long Mynd.

In the lower series are, in descending order, the "Serpulite grits" or "Salterclla beds," the "Fucoid beds" and the "Eriboll quartzite," which is divided into an upper "Pipe rock" and lower "Basal quartzite."

The Cambrian rocks of Ireland, a great series of purple and green shales, slates and grits with beds of quartzite, have not yet yielded sufficient fossil evidence to permit of a correlation with the Welsh rocks, and possibly some parts of the series may be transferred in the future to the overlying Ordovician.

These are separable into a lower group (Kundelungu) of red felspathic grits and into an upper group (Lubilasch) of white friable sandstones.

These are overlain, perhaps unconformably, by a great thickness of lavas and volcanic breccias (Pniel volcanic series, Beer Vley and Zeekoe Baard amygdaloids), and these in turn by the quartzites, grits and shales of the Black Reef series.

The Ongeluk volcanic series, consisting of lavas and breccias, conformably overlies the Griquatown series; while the grits, quartzites and conglomerates of the Matsap series rest on them with a great discordance.

Next in upward sequence is a thick mass of sandstones, grits and shales - the Millstone Grit series.

The basin in which these sandstones were laid down is limited on the east by ancient gneisses and schists overlain by the highly inclined red felspathic grits.

Chicken fried band... Ya want gravy er grits wit dat?

The Upper Coal Measures outcrop between Halesowen and West Bromwich and largely comprise marls, red sandy mudstones and grits.

In past geological eras, various rocks including quartzite, grits and the Durness limestones were laid over much of the area.

The Dalradian comprises quartzose schists, grits, limestone beds and the " green beds " (chlorite epidote schists ).

The other rocks include igneous breccias, shales, coarse conglomerates and grits.

In the Ardennes the system is represented by grits and sandstones, shales, slates and quartz schists, and includes also whet slates and some igneous rocks.

Grits are added to a pot of boiling water, then cooked over medium to low heat and stirred occasionally.

Shrimp and Grits Kids specializes in hand-smocked items for both genders.

The Crab Short Set from Shrimp and Grits is perfect play wear for a barbeque or picnic.

Switch sanding sheets - Work your way up through the different grits of the sanding sheets.

Sprinkle whole or ground seeds onto other foods such as cereal, oatmeal, grits, or salads.

Try the duck egg raviolo or roasted chanterelles with grits and parmesan.

From fried green tomatoes to shrimp and grits, local ingredients are used whenever possible.

The menu includes seafood items as well as beef, homemade desserts, a children's menu, and local staple shrimp and grits.

Groats or grits are the whole kernel from which the husk is removed.

The upper group consists of conglomerates, grits and quartzites with a few bands of shales.

The oldest rocks of Barbados, known as the Scotland series, are of shallow water origin, consisting of coarse grits, brown sandstones and sandy clays, in places saturated with petroleum and traversed by veins of manjak.

The Kevori grits, and the raised coral reefs are upper Cainozoic, and perhaps Pleistocene; but the reefs occur inland up to a height of 2000 ft.

Grits, igneous rocks, ashbeds and limestones may and often do show cleavage.

It is formed chiefly of slates, grits and porphyries of the Cambrian and Silurian systems. It consists of five "ribs" converging at the summit, 3560 ft.

In 1900 Nebraska City ranked third among the manufacturing cities of the state, the manufactures including canned fruits and vegetables, packed pork, flour, oatmeal, hominy, grits, meal, starch, cider-vinegar, agricultural implements, windmills, paving bricks, concrete, sewer pipe, beer, over-ails and shirts.

On the east side in North Glen Sannox Burn, they are associated with cherts, grits and dark schists with pillowy lavas, tuffs and agglomerates which, on lithological grounds, have been regarded as probably of the same age as the Arenig cherts and volcanic rocks in the south of Scotland.

The Yellow Sandstone contains Archanodon, the oldest known fresh-water mollusc, and plant-remains; the Coomhola Grits are marine, and are sometimes regarded as Carboniferous, sometimes as uppermost Devonian.

In the south, the Carboniferous deposits open with the Carboniferous Slate, in the base of which the Coomhola Grits occur.

The Carboniferous system begins with a series of marine limestones, shales and grits, including a rich Lower Carboniferous fauna.